Improvement in hat-protectors



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

Gr. W. BIDWELL, OF NEW CONNECTICUT.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,074, dated August 14, 1866.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, G. W. BTDWELL, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Hat-Protector; and I do `hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawingsand the letters of reference marked thereon, to bea full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure l, a side view illustrating` the protection when the hat is set upon its top; Fig. 2, a side view as when-the hat is set upon the brim; Fig. 3, a sectional perspective view to illustrate this improvement; and in Fig. 4, a top view of the brim-protector.

This invention is designed to protect the hat from injury when set upon its brim, as the case may be, upon the floor or other places where occasion may render it convenient for the wearer to place his hat; and it consists, irst, in the application to the top of the hat of three or more pins arranged so as to be thrown out and project from the top of the'hat, so that the hat will rest upon these three or more pins, and so that, when not required to protect the hat, the said pins may be drawn down flush with or below the surface of the top of the hat; second, in al1 arrangement of three or more hinged points upon the under surface of the brim of the hat, so that theA said points may be'turned down to protect thebrim when set upon that side, or, when not required, may be turned down onto the brim, thus in no wise interfering with the comfort `and convenience of the wearer.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my hat-protector, I will proceed to describe the same as illustrated in the accompanyin g drawings.

A is the crown, B the brim, and C the top, of an ordinary hat. Within the hat, and secured to the top, I arrange three or more pins, a, as seen in Figf, so that the said pins may be pressed upon to project through thetop ot' the hat, as seen in Figs. l and 3, and when thus extending through the top of the hat are there held by a spring-catch, d, or other convenient arrangement, so that when the hat is set upon the floor or other place, as in the position seen in Fig. 1, the hat will rest upon the said pins, thus protecting the top of the hat from injury which otherwise might occur.

When not required to thus protect the top of the hat, turn the pin to the left, so as to remove it from the control of the catch d, as denoted in red, Fig. 3; then draw the pin down into the hat and Hush with or below the surface of the top.

The brim-protector, as seen in Fig.`I 4, consists of a metallic wire frame, f, to whichis hinged a pin, p, and so that by a notch, z, Fig. 4, the piup will, when turned up, as denoted in red, Fig. 3, be held in that position by the said notch i.

Three of the frames f, with the pin p attached, are secured to the brim, as denoted in Fig. 3, and when not required for use lie dat upon the brim, as denoted in black,`Fig. 3; but when the wearer desires to rest his hat upon the brim, turn the pins p to the position denoted in red, (also seen in Fig. 2.) These support the hat and prevent injury to the brim, which would otherwise occur. Vhen not requiredfor such use press the two sides ofthe pin p together sufficiently to remove it from the `notch i; then turn it down upon the brim, as denoted in black, Fig. 3. By this arrangement the hat is always protected and with very little trouble to the wearer.

Having therefore thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of three or more pins, a, in the top of the hat, when constructed and arranged to operate in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The combination and arrangement of three or more pins, p, upon the brim of the hat, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

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